jOne Tuesday Night
Cooperation
Here Praised
Jack Spiiinhour G«ts
Commission
Jack Spainhonr, son of Mr. anti
Mrs. J. E. Spainhour. of this
' city, has completed his trainins:
at Northwestern University and
■was commissioned as an ensign
in the navy last week. Ensign
Spainhour arrived Sunday to
spend a few days here with his
parents before reporting for du
ty at Norfolk, Va. He traveled
t plane to Cherlotte and was ac
companied from Statesville here
’ hy Mrs. Spainhour, who will b->
■with him during his visit here.
Sgt Hall Transferred
Sgt. Walter Hall, son of Mr.
' and Mrs. J. W. Hall, of Halls
Mills, -who had been stationed at
Fort Moultrie, S. C., has been
transferred to Camp Pickett, Va.
Sgt. Hall entered the service with
the National Guard company here
in the fall of 1940.
Pfc. Conley Milam Is
Now In Cuba
^ Pfc. Conley F. Milam, son of
''^Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Milam, of
North Wilkesboro route one. Is
In the marine corps and is now
stationed in Cuba. He has been
In the service about 17 naontfes.
At St. Peteiisbuig. Fla.
' Pvt. Elroy Wcndland. son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wendland.
of North t'.'ilkesi'oro: Pvt. Con-
t fContinued on page eight!
V
By Officials
State Wide Blackout to Be
Held Tuesday Between
Nine and Twelve
O.D.T. Truck Film
Will Be Shown On
Friday at City Hall
Films to Be Shown at City
Hall Witt Show How to
“Keep Em Rolling”
Truck operators and drivers
will have an opportunity to see
-^new slide films demonstrating
preventative maintenance at a
meeting Friday. Oct. 2. 8 P. M..
held in cooperation with the O.
D.T. truck consennation cam
paign. The films, according to
W. J. Bason, Sinclair agent, to be
shown at the city hall. North
Wilkesboro, present informatlo'a
that should be very helpful to
(Continued on page four)
North Wilkesboro and
Wilkesboro had a test black
out Thursday night in prep
aration for participation in
the state wide Hackout to be
staged Tuesday night some
time between nine and 12
* o’clock.
The blackout Thursday
night which was tried in sev
eral towns, was only a test.
The one on Tuesday night will
be the real thing—and must
be good.
Civilian Defense officials were
high in their prwise of the test
blackout on Thursday night,
when the public had no advance
warning. The tannery whistle and
the sirens sounded the signals
and the people lost no time in
getting lights out.
Air raid wardens were on their
Jobs In both towns and perform
ed their tasks efficiently and
without delay. Captain Horry
Pearson and men of the state
guard company were on the jot)
and rendered valuable assis’ance.
Cooperation on the part of the
people was excellent. J. B. Mc
Coy. eir raid warden chief, com
mented Friday.
On Tuesday night the time of
the blackout signal will not he
known, other than it will he be
tween nine and 12. All the state
of North Carolina is to he com
pletely blacked out in this first
maneuver to cover the entire
state. It will be the last blackout
before the army begins c-alling for
them without advance notice. It
is to be the real test of the Civi
lian Defense organization in
every county.
The blackout is a war time or
der and it is e.ssential that all
persons comply.
Zig-zag blowing of the tannery
whistle and the fire sirens of
North Wilkesboro and Wllkes-
boro will be the blackout signal
on Tuesday night and at any fu
ture time when a blackout Is call
ed, whether It be for practice or
because of a real air raid. One
long ring of the rural telephone
(Continued on page eight)
Up to the time this picture was made, U. 8. Flying Fortresses bad
made 100 daylight raids on Enrope without the loss of a plane. This oni
was attacked by a flock of German Focke-Wulf 190’s while retnming froni
an assignment. A cannon shell hit the ship, killing the co-pilot. Two ol
the engines were put out of action, but the sliip came home safely. Crevi
■nembees here examine the rear turret.
Meeting At
Zion Hill
Reds Hold
Stalingrad
Russians Kill 4,000 Germans In One Day; U.
S. Planes Hit Balkan Capitals;
Jap Cruiser Damaged
Moscow.—The Russians drove
Ihe Germans from o. number of
buildings in one sector of battle-
scarred Stalingrad yes’erday and
continued their drive northwest
of the Volga River city again.st
the German left flank, it was an
nounced in the midnight coni-^
muaique.
The communique said fierce en-
gvigements were in progress in an
other sector cf the (ity which the
Germans had penetrated earlier,
and that the weary but still de
fiant troops wpre battling for
every house.
The intensity of the fighting
was Indicated by the Soviet claim
that more than 4,000 Germans
were killed in the Stelingrad area
during Sunday’s figliting.
The major battle still appeared
to he centered nor'hwest of the
city where, the communique said,
2.500 Germans were killed and
IS tanks de.slroyed. Irside tlie
city, apparently in an area pene
trated by the Germons Sa’urday
night, about 1,000 Tommy-
gunners were said to have been
slain and a number of prisoners
taken. This penetration had been
acknowledged in the Sunday noon
communique.
Another 600 were killed in the
Soviet counterattack In which
they regieJned control of several
buildings previously held by the
Germans.
Itanbul, Turkey.—Longrange
American B-24 bombers, each
packing bomb loads mnglng up
to four tons, in tne past two
weeks have oarrled the war
straight home to the capital of
every Balkan nation at war with
the United States—Croatia, Hun
gary, '...mania end Bulgaria.
Allibv. authorities here are not
telling where the big bombers are
taking off, hut their range would
allow them to hit the Balkans
from bases In either the Middle
East or Russia.
General MacArthur’s Headquar
ters.—Allied fliers, striking re
peatedly at Japanese "invasion"
bases north of Australia, heavily
domaged a large enemy mer
chantman in the harbor of Ra-
baiil. New Britain, and blasted
military facili'les in New Guinea
and Bougainville Islands, it wa.s
onnounced today.
A communique from General
Douglas MacArthur’s headquar
ters said heavy bombers scored a
direct hit and near mir-s on a
15.000-ton vessel in Rabaul har
bor Sunday night, causing heavy
black smoke to pour from Its
stern and amidships. The attack
on shipping In Rabaul harbor was
the second reported there in the
last two days.
Story Reelected Moderator;
Resolution Against Liquor
Passed by Body
Baptists of the Brushy Moun
tain association In annual session
at Zion Hill Baptist church at
Boomer passed resolutlonij en
dorsing the proposal to allow
young women to attend Wake
Forest College.
The resolution was introduced
by J. H. 'Whicker, Sr., local at
torney, In his report on Chrls-
tlon education.
The association also passed a
strong resolution in opposition to
the ^ale of liquor.
T. E. SJory waa re-elected mod-
(Continued on page four)
V
North Wilkesboro
Building & Loan
Ahead of Quota
School Drive
The North Wilkesboro Buildln,?
and Doan Association hias pur
chased War Savings Bonds in ex-
coss of its quota in connection
with the one hundred million dol
lar War Bond Purchase Program
now being sponsored Iv the
United States Savings and Loan
Leogue, and the North Carolina
Building and Loan League, ac
cording to a report from J. B.
Williams. Secretary, received at
State Committee headquarters to
day. —
The national program calls lor
,the purchase by all Building and
Loan Associations of the countr.v
of one hundred million dollars in
bonds between June 30 and De
cember 31. A quota ol $1,915,-
000 has been assigned to the
North Carolina Association, ^nd
in turn quotas have been broke.n
down hy counties and assignments
made to the individual Associa
tions.
Buy Stamps; Trade
Them Fori Bonds
Go55 Appeal Will
Be On Wednesday
•ney Eugene Trivette will
Raleigh Tuesday and on
iday will argue two Wilkes
lelore the North Carolina
e court.
of the cases will be the ep-
John (Joss, a blind store-
at Dougnton who was con-
of manslaughter and sen-
three to five years lor the
hooting of a Mr. Wall at
tore at Doughton. Attor-
ivette wilt also argue the
of Roy Davis, who was
sd for assault.
‘grin Revival
dinshaw Church
■weeks revival will begin
light. 7:30. at Hlnshaw
iptlst church In this city,
or. Rev. K. F. Day, will
ed hy Rev. W. S. Luck,
if Irvin Street Baptist
B Winston-Salem.
A WORD TO
THE WISE
Now that Sunday "Victory Mat
inees’’ are over, let's not stop
buying stamps. Continue to buy
stamps until you have filled your
stamp boobs. Bring them by the
theatre and let us take your or
der for Defense Bonds. Don’t
trade in your stamps for anything
except bonds.
I hope these Sunday matinees
have been the means of starting
hundreds of people on the road
to becoming bond holders-—a line
safe investment and it pays you
a good rate of Interest.
I wish to thank .vou good, pa
triotic Americans for the fine
eupport given to these Victory
Matineee and rememtier, -we will
continue to sell bonds and
stamps as , long as Uncle Sam
wants us to. We are always
proud to serve you either from
our Victory Booth or Box Office.
ALLEN THEATRE,
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LIBERTY THEATRE
CARE IVAN ANDERSON
Please convey following message to all theatre owners in your town: For obvious
reasons it is considered of utmost importance that the national September quota
be reached, but unless new sales can be stimulated during the next few days,
present indications point to our falling short of the September national quota,
according to telegraphed information from the War Savings staff today. I
realize that you and your co-workers have labored hard, but feel that emergency
justifies asking you to exert yourselves even further. Every persistent effort
must be made to transform all theatre and other bond orders and pledges into
completed purchases in time for money to clear Federal Reserve Banks before
September 30. Follow through with you- issuing agents to assure cash reaching
Federal Reserve Banks, in time for Sept' mber tally. Even if your city and
county September quotas have been achieved you are urged to press on without
letup to aid the national effort. Make special effort to have movie theatre
managers join you in this drive. Publicity due to motion picture industry
participation has been splendid, but effect on public ■will be unfortunate if this
cannot be translated into sales sufficient to meet quota. Know I can count on
you.in this emergency. Thanks.
C H ROBERTSON State Administrator War Savings Staff
CoriHJi'ttl Harold A. Ihpofflt,
who Is attadied to an army air
force squadron somewhere in
the Caribbean area, has an ex
cellent record In the service.
Corporal ITofflt, a son of Mrs.
A. J. Proffit, of Purlear, enter
ed tihe service on Angnst 20,
1041, as a volunteer and the
greater part of his time In ser
vice has been outside of the
continental United State*. Cpl.
Proffit says he Is willing to do
his part, whether It be liehlnd
the gnn or behind the desk, be
cause “we have a war to figlit
and a war fo'-win.” He urges
people at home to buy iionils to
“keep ’em flying."
Dr. Branch Heard
At Friday Meeting
OfKiwanis Club
Director of Oral Hygiene for
State Health Department
Addresses Club Here
Is To Begin
October 5th
Children Are Mobilized For
Important Part In the
War Program
The boys and girls of North
Wilkesboro and of Wilkes
county are part of a National
Junior Army which on Octo
ber 5th will begin a great at
tack.
The attack is against the
worst enemy within our bor
ders today. The enemy could
stop our factories from mak
ing guns and ships and tanks
and planes. The enemy could
prevent the.se weapons from
being made by preventing
manufacture of the steel out
of which part of those wea
pons are made.
That enemy l.i starvation of the
steel mills.
But the school pupils of our
nation, organized in a great
Junior Army, are going to feed
the mills. They are going lo
find and bring together the
thin.vs out of which t: nks and
ships are made—thing.s like ru.s-
ty pipe, l/rok(!ii lied springs, air
gunii that won’t shoot any more.
Around North Wilkesboro and
in the county, that is junk, scrap.
But after it has gone through the
mills it is bombs for the Nazis
and bullets for the Japs t
Dr. Ernest A. Branch, director
of Oral Hygiene for the state
health depfirtment, delivered an
inspiring address Friday noon be
fore the North Wilkesboro Ki-
wanis Club.
Prior to the program President
J. B. Williams commented on the
splendid meeting of the board of
directors- held the previous even
ing, during which the matter of
holding a tonsil clinic was dis
cussed. He also stated that sev
eral'membei's had contributed to
the milk fund.
J. R. Hlx, president-elect, snd
W. K. Sturdivant 'w-'re named
delega’es to the Oirolina district
convention at PInehurst October
25-27. R. G. Finley and R. W.
Gwyn were named alternates.
At the meeting Captain Ed
(Continued on page eight)
Commanoing (iencrul --f the
North Carolina Division of the
Junior .4rmy of school t)oys and
girls is Clyde Ervin, sta e super
intendent of public Instruction.
The regiment in North Wilkes-
horo F headed by Colonel Paul
S. Cragan. County Superintend
ent C. R. Eller is Colonel of the
Wilkes County Regimen*.
Elach school principal is .Major
in the Junior Army. Under each
Major comes the Captains, the
teachers. School hoys and girls
of each school room will be the
Lieutenants, Sergeants, Corporals
and Privates of the Junior Army.
Those who do well will be pro-
mo’ed. Just like real soldiers in
the fighting Army.
A fighting Army usfti maps and
scouts every foot of ground.
Members of the Junior Army will
scout the .same way lor the pieces
of junk. From map plans, each
will be given a place to scout. So
the !funior Army will scout all of
America, each street and road,
each city block and country
(Continued on page eight)
35 Miles Per Hour
Is New Speed Limit
Joseph B. Elastinan, direc
tor of the Office of Defense
'I'ransportation, on Saturday
ordered a national speed limit
of 35 miles per hour to con
serve tir« and gasfdine.
It was also ordered that
gas(dine ratbnii^r on a nation
wide basis would go into ef
fect about November 22.
Gasoline rationing now applies
only to seventeen eastern sea
board states.
In addition, liras on all cars
must ba’snbmltted every 60 days
! after rationing starts for bit-
wheel inspection to insure that
proper care is given them.
TTie,. 36-mlle speed limit on
all hlgh'vays and' streets was
decreed In an official ODT order.
It did not carry enforcement or
penal provisions but Eastman said
he would request the governors of
all states to make it effective
through proclamation or other
wise.” The governors .will be
asked to oall upon state and lo
cal officials f(ft strict enforce
ment.
The speed limit was ordered ef
fective October 1 for all vehicles
except trucks and buses operated
by common carriers bVer regular
scheduled routes and for the lat
ter October 16. ■ .
Motor vehicles opeiated by the
armed forces or under their di
rection were exempted, as were
ears driven In emergencies "for
the protection and .presentation ef
life snd health or lot- puMte safe
ty.” The latter roust 3m held to
“reasonable’’'' speeds *' conslstant
with the emergency existing.
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